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•v. 1879 

BNOI.r KROS. BTEAM PRINT, SYCAMORE, ILL. 



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A New Method of Tanning. • 

Furs and Pelts: — Soak the pelts or skins 
until as soft as when taken off the beast. 
All pelts or hides with hair on must be well 
freed from all flesh, fat and other matter by 
being beamed with a knife or scraper on a 
round slab, and then well scoured in suds 
made of soft water, to which add J pound of 
salsoda to 15 gallons of warm water and 
enough soap to make a strong suds; keep 
these proportions for a larger or smaller 
quanity. 

Before any tanning or coloring matter is 
aj^plied rinse thoroughly in clear water. 

The art of tanning to all intents is a 
chemical operation converting raw hides 
into leather. This process produces a leat^i- 
er much better and more durable than any 
old method. 



How to Make Compound Tanning Fluid. 

Dissolve the following chemicals in one 
gallon of hot water: one pound alum; two 
pounds common salt; one ounce salsoda; one 
oz. glauber salts; 1 oz, potash. When nearly 
cold add one pound sulphuric acid; put 
in a jug ready for use. 

Put this on the flesh side; be careful to let 
the mixture touch every [)art of the skin-^; 
put it on with a rag tied on a stick. Then 
hang up in a shady place until just dry 
enough to turn white wijen |>ul!ed and 
stretched in any direction. Much depends 
upon working the pelts and furs at the right 
time, that is \vh3n just dr}^ enough to turn 
the flesh white when woiked. 

For Tanning Calf Skins or Deer Skins 

Soak the skins till tlivy aie thioughly 
sof cned. Remove a!l the flesh by scra|)iiig 



oil the tltj.sli side with a fle.shiiig knife; they 
ai'e now ready for j;he lime. 

The lime to be made in equal quanites oi' 
lime and wood ashes: say 2 quarts of fresh 
slacked lime, 2 quarts of wood ashes ir 6 pails 
of soft water, handle daily until the hair 
comes off t'reel}'; keep these proportions for a 
larger or snjaHer (piantity. Tiiey aie then 
un-h aired, and rinsed well in warm water. 
Now they are ready for the bate — 2 ounces 
of ]>otash; 2 ounces of common salt dissolved 
in hot water; when cool, use enough to hand- 
someh^ immerse the skins; kee|) thei-ein 12 
hours; handle well, then they are i-eady for 
tanning. 

When the skin is done drip)>ing it is to be 
-pread on a table, the flesh side thoroughly 
wet wiih the Conq)ound Tanning Fluid: 
then hang up in the shade; when nearly dry 
put on a light coat of oil aiid work well. 



Dyeing. 



As soon as the skins are throughly i inscd 
and done dripping they are ready for the 
dye: Green, Garnet, Maroon, Pink, Slate, 
Black, Salmon, Yellow, Magenta Use the 
Union Package Dyes; Directions with each 
package. When a'ou color use warm water, 
not hot. 

The Union Package Dyes arc sold by all 
the leading druggists, merchants and book 
sellers. 



1 claim the compounding of sulpliinie 
acid with potash and glauber salts, alum, salt 
and salsoda will make a soft pliant leather 
without the use of barks. 



No persons owning the right of P. Ste* 
phenson's Tanning Process will have tht. 
right to dispose of or make known the 



mode of tannine^. 



LIBRARY OF CONGRESS I 

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Having used P. Steplien«on's Compound 
Tanning Fluid we would specially recom- 
mend it to others as a valualDle and highly 
useful article. It is all it claims to be. 

Mads 'Peter Johnson, Hotel Keeper. 
John M. Baboock. Glover. 



I hereby certify that I })iirchased of Mi'. 
P. Stephenson a pair of boots made from a 
deacon skin tanned by his process, which I 
wore constantly for IJ- years, wearing out 
three pair- of taps. I regard the process a 
perfect success. 

G. L. Arnold. 



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